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H. H. MGLEAN. HOOK.

110. 450,181. Pa1ented11pr.14,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT n. MCLEAN, or LETETE, NEW BRUNswIoK, CANADA.

HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,181, dated April14, 1891.

i Application filed September 29,1890. Serial No. 366,598. (No model T 0all wtmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. McLEAN, of LEtt, in the county ofCharlotte, in the Province of New Brunswick, in the Dominion of Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strap and RingConnecting Hooks; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective viewof aportion of a bridle and a bit connected by my improved hook. Fig. 2 is afront view of my improved hook detached and enlarged; and Fig. 3 is aside view, in elevation, of the hook detached.

My invention has for its object to provide a hook for connection of theheadstall and bit of bridles, and for other similar purposes, wherebyconnection and disconnection may be effected without-much manipulation.

lMy invention consists of a hook having'a loop to receive a strap, and adepending crook having a flat an d broad continuation or tongueextending beyond the loop and curved inwardly and outwardly,ashereinafter set forth.

A is the body or crook of the hook, having a loop B at right anglesthereto and suitably formed to receive a strap E. The crook A is sharplyturned and formed to receive the round wire rings F of a bridle-bit G.Said rings looselyT t the crook, and the throat a in the crook iscontracted to tightly admit the ring when connected, as shown in Fig. l.The crook A has a continuation or tongue D, which is tlat and broaderthan the body of the crook, and said tongue is parallel to and extendsbeyond the loop at right angles and has undulatory curves, one curveconcavely facing the loop and one above and the other below the loop.The flat and broad tongue D guides the ring to connect with the hook,and said tongue yields slightly to pressure in the direction of thestrain when inserting the ring. The outward curve of the extremity ofthe tongue allows such strain to be applied with but little force toaccomplish the entrance or passage of the ring, and after application ofthe force the tongue contracts the passage-way and prevents escape ofthe ring. Vhen a strap is inserted through the loop and connection madewith itself by a buckle, the tongue or flattened termination D of thehook will lie close against said strap and not liable to interfere orcatch with the driving-reins and said hook will give a neat and finishedappearance to the bridle.

By means of my improved hook, detach ment. of the bit can be readilyeffected without unbuckling or similar inconvenience, and without thenecessity in cold weather of eX- posing the hands.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, theherein-described strap and ring connecting hook, comprising a loop, adepending crook having a contracted throat, and a yielding flat tongueextending upward from the upper outer end of saidv crook in anundulating curve to a point above said loop, all substantially asdescribed, and forthe purposes specified. HERBERT H. MGLEAN.

\Vitnesses:

E. R. OBRIEN, v JAMES McKAY.

